The Percy Anecdotes, Revised Edition: To which is Added, a Valuable Collection of American Anecdotes. Original and Select ...Harper & Bros., 1852 |
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... lady was only the more stimulated by this denial , and she pressed the boy so hard , that to get rid of her importuni- ty , he was driven to make use of the following pleasant fiction . " It was , " saith he , " debated in the senate ...
... lady was only the more stimulated by this denial , and she pressed the boy so hard , that to get rid of her importuni- ty , he was driven to make use of the following pleasant fiction . " It was , " saith he , " debated in the senate ...
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... lady , who was very rich , and fond of pomp and show , being on a visit to Cor- nelia , the illustrious mother of the Gracchi , dis- played her diamonds and jewels somewhat osten- tatiously , and requested that Cornelia would let her ...
... lady , who was very rich , and fond of pomp and show , being on a visit to Cor- nelia , the illustrious mother of the Gracchi , dis- played her diamonds and jewels somewhat osten- tatiously , and requested that Cornelia would let her ...
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... lady , who had displeased him by her marriage . EARL OF BUTE . Those who are accustomed to trace the most important events to causes the most trivial , will not be surprised to learn , that the first success of Lord Bute , and ...
... lady , who had displeased him by her marriage . EARL OF BUTE . Those who are accustomed to trace the most important events to causes the most trivial , will not be surprised to learn , that the first success of Lord Bute , and ...
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... lady and her issue . DR . ROBERTSON . Of the early interest which his majesty took in the advancement of English literature , we have a striking proof , in a letter from Lord Cath cart , to Dr. Robertson , the historian , dated July 20 ...
... lady and her issue . DR . ROBERTSON . Of the early interest which his majesty took in the advancement of English literature , we have a striking proof , in a letter from Lord Cath cart , to Dr. Robertson , the historian , dated July 20 ...
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... lady of Jacobite principles , who entering into conversation with his majesty , requested the disguised monarch to pledge her in a glass of wine to the health of the Pretender . The good - natured monarch imme- diately filled a glass ...
... lady of Jacobite principles , who entering into conversation with his majesty , requested the disguised monarch to pledge her in a glass of wine to the health of the Pretender . The good - natured monarch imme- diately filled a glass ...
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Seite 58 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace ! peace ! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ; our brethren »re already in the field ! why stand we here idle
Seite 58 - already in the field ! why stand we here idle 1 What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ! Is life so dear, and peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chain* and slavery
Seite 6 - extraordinary effect which was produced by Mr. Whitefield's preaching in America; and relates an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with
Seite 23 - to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." FREDERIC THE GREAT. Previous to the battle of Lutzen, in which eighty thousand Austrian» were defeated by an army of thirtysix thousand Prussians, commanded by Frederic the Great, this monarch ordered all his
Seite 9 - very glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister. I wish you, sir, to believe, and that it may be understood in America, that I have done nothing in the late contest but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do. by the duty which I owed to my people. 1 will be
Seite 386 - of this grave scene," he says, " was fully contrasted by the burlesque Duke of Newcastle. He fell into a fit of crying the moment he came into the chapel, and flung himself back in a stall, the archbishop hovering over him with a smelling bottle; but in two minutes his curiosity got the
Seite 18 - whose parliamentary trust he has abused. " I impeach him in the name of the Commons of Great Britain, whose national character he has dishonored. " I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights, and liberties he has subverted ; whose
Seite 174 - in armor. In the evening I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what 1 intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it ; so that I was very glad to think of anything rather than
Seite 6 - give, and applied to a neighbor who stood near him to lend him some money for the purpose. The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was,
Seite 5 - men. I had ever thought to live with you, but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cressap, the last spring, in cold blood and unprovoked, cut off all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any human creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. 1